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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Portugal
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
52
Citations
8806
World Ranking
1070
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Portugal Leader Award

Overview

Nuno Silvestre is affiliated with Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work spans several subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Building and Construction, Materials Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics focused on structural and materials behavior. Main areas of study include:

  • Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
  • Structural Analysis and Optimization
  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • João R. Correia
  • José Gonilha
  • Lourenço Almeida-Fernandes
  • David Martins
  • Bruno Faria

Notable publication venues where Nuno Silvestre has published extensively are:

  • Composite Structures
  • Thin-Walled Structures
  • Composites Part B Engineering
  • Engineering Structures
  • Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Representative recent papers include:

  • Assessment of mesh dependency in the numerical simulation of compact tension tests for orthotropic materials, 2020, Composites Part C Open Access
  • Exterior beam-to-column bolted connections between GFRP I-shaped pultruded profiles using stainless steel cleats. Part 1: Experimental study, 2021, Thin-Walled Structures
  • A new modal theory for wrinkling analysis of stretched membranes, 2020, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
  • Confinement-based direct design of circular concrete-filled double-skin normal and high strength steel short columns, 2022, Thin-Walled Structures
  • CNT-reinforced iron and titanium nanocomposites: Strength and deformation mechanisms, 2020, Composites Part B Engineering

Best Publications

  • Second-order generalised beam theory for arbitrary orthotropic materials

    N. Silvestre;D. Camotim

  • Review on concrete nanotechnology

    J. Silvestre;N. Silvestre;J. de Brito

  • Compressive behavior of CNT-reinforced aluminum composites using molecular dynamics

    Nuno Silvestre;Bruno Faria;José N. Canongia Lopes;José N. Canongia Lopes

  • NONLINEAR GENERALIZED BEAM THEORY FOR COLD-FORMED STEEL MEMBERS

    N. Silvestre;D. Camotim

  • FEM-based analysis of the local-plate/distortional mode interaction in cold-formed steel lipped channel columns

    P. Borges Dinis;Dinar Camotim;Nuno Silvestre

  • Generalised beam theory to analyse the buckling behaviour of circular cylindrical shells and tubes

    N. Silvestre

  • GBT formulation to analyse the buckling behaviour of thin-walled members with arbitrarily ‘branched’ open cross-sections

    P.B. Dinis;D. Camotim;N. Silvestre

  • Tests and design of short steel tubes filled with rubberised concrete

    A.P.C. Duarte;B.A. Silva;N. Silvestre;J. de Brito

  • GBT buckling analysis of thin-walled steel frames: A state-of-the-art report

    D. Camotim;C. Basaglia;N. Silvestre

  • Buckling behaviour of elliptical cylindrical shells and tubes under compression

    N. Silvestre

  • Comparative study between XFEM and Hashin damage criterion applied to failure of composites

    A.P.C. Duarte;A. Díaz Sáez;N. Silvestre

  • Non-linear behaviour and load-carrying capacity of CFRP-strengthened lipped channel steel columns

    Nuno Silvestre;Ben Young;Dinar Camotim

  • Web crippling failure using quasi-static FE models

    P. Natário;N. Silvestre;D. Camotim

  • First-order, buckling and post-buckling behaviour of GFRP pultruded beams. Part 1: Experimental study

    J. R. Correia;F. A. Branco;N. M. F. Silva;D. Camotim

  • Creep behavior of pultruded GFRP elements - Part 1: Literature review and experimental study

    Mário F. Sá;Augusto M. Gomes;João R. Correia;Nuno Silvestre

  • Experimental and numerical study on the structural behavior of eccentrically loaded GFRP columns

    F. Nunes;M. Correia;J.R. Correia;N. Silvestre

  • Distortional buckling formulae for cold-formed steel C and Z-section members: Part I—derivation

    N. Silvestre;D. Camotim

  • An overview on the improvement of mechanical properties of ceramics nanocomposites

    J. Silvestre;N. Silvestre;J. de Brito

  • Post-buckling behaviour and direct strength design of lipped channel columns experiencing local/distortional interaction

    Nuno Silvestre;Dinar Camotim;Pedro B. Dinis

  • Sanders shell model for buckling of single-walled carbon nanotubes with small aspect ratio

    Nuno Silvestre;C. M Wang;Yingyan Zhang;Yang Xiang

  • On the local and global buckling behaviour of angle, T-section and cruciform thin-walled members

    Pedro B. Dinis;Dinar Camotim;Nuno Silvestre

  • Global buckling analysis of plane and space thin-walled frames in the context of GBT

    C. Basaglia;D. Camotim;N. Silvestre

Frequent Co-Authors

Dinar Camotim
Dinar Camotim Instituto Superior Técnico
João R. Correia
João R. Correia Instituto Superior Técnico
José N. Canongia Lopes
José N. Canongia Lopes Instituto Superior Técnico
Fernando A. Branco
Fernando A. Branco Instituto Superior Técnico
Ben Young
Ben Young Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Eduardo Júlio
Eduardo Júlio Instituto Superior Técnico
Leroy Gardner
Leroy Gardner Imperial College London
José Dinis Silvestre
José Dinis Silvestre Instituto Superior Técnico
Ivan I. Smalyukh
Ivan I. Smalyukh University of Colorado Boulder
John Dalsgaard Sørensen
John Dalsgaard Sørensen Aalborg University

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